Adverse consequences of failing to use science to guide treatment of COVID-19
Appalling and inexcusable are the first two words that comes to mind: I am confident that, we, as nurses and nurse…
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Be Proactive: Challenge yourself and colleagues to have 100% of patients receive the influenza vaccine
During the 2019-2020 influenza season, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an estimated 39 million to 56…
Emergency Use Authorizations of Two COVID-19 Vaccines: What all Providers Must Know
What must every healthcare provider, who will administer the vaccines, need to know to assure safety in administering the vaccines?
Estrogens and Their Metabolism
In earlier blogs, I’ve talked about what I learned as a compounding pharmacist about testosterone and progesterone… now it’s time…
HOPE and the COVID-19 pandemic
Inform our elected leaders of the concepts of hope, it may shed the light that leads us out of this current darkness.
Living and learning immersed in chaos
Four months ago, we could not have imagined how quickly our lives and healthcare practices would change as all individuals,…
Masks for All: Exception – Children Under Two Years Old
COVID-19 challenges us to ask and answer two questions: 1.) What is the new norm? 2.) Will communities rise to…
Mental health: NPs during the Covid-19 pandemic
On March 27, 2020, my commentary raising questions on how to protect the nursing workforce in the Covid-19 pandemic was…
Mixed Messaging is problematic
Are you as puzzled as I am with the “mixed messaging” as COVID-19 outbreaks surge in several states in the…
NPs on the Ethics Committee: What is your Decision?
The Ethical Case to Consider: A mother reports that her youngest child is 18-years-old and she has two adult children…
Nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives on the front lines of COVID-19: How do we protect the nursing workforce?
Today, we cannot escape the turmoil of living every moment of every day immersed within the chaos of the novel…
Parental anxiety and decision-making on return to school
COVID-19 has disrupted every portion of our ‘normal lives.’ It has exacerbated the mental health problems of parents and especially…
Pharmaceutical compounding and its impact on women’s healthcare
As I mentioned in my introductory article, I was a pharmacist who loved compounding before I retired and began writing…
Progesterone – a hormone with many functions
Progesterone has been called the “mother hormone.” It is created from pregnenolone along with the estrogens, androgens, mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids.…
Testosterone Deficiency in Women
Testosterone has been called the hormone of desire… Although it’s in the androgen hormone class, considered to be “male” hormone,…
Transdermal or Oral – Which is better for hormone administration?
Many people prefer to simply swallow their medication as it’s quick and easy. But is the oral route the best…
Women’s Healthcare welcomes NYU Meyers PNP Program Director, Dr. Donna Hallas
Connectedness: Women and their Daughters Heart Health Since 1963, February has been celebrated as American Heart Month. In 2004, the…
Women’s Healthcare welcomes women’s health writer, Jeannie Collins Beaudin
My name is Jeannie Collins Beaudin, and I’m a retired Canadian pharmacist and former owner of a specialty compounding pharmacy.…
Women’s Health: More Than an Annual Event
There is a tendency to think of women’s health as only the well woman visit, an “annual event, ” the…